Mental health issues in long-term solitary and "supermax" confinement
Mental health issues in long-term solitary and "supermax" confinement
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DOI：
10.1177/0011128702239239
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Haney, C
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作者：
Haney, C
本文讨论了最近增加使用类似单独监禁的情况，特别是所谓的超级监狱的兴起及其带来的特殊心理健康问题和挑战。在简要讨论了这些专门且日益广泛的单位的性质以及产生它们的力量之后，本文回顾了它们所呈现的一些独特的与心理健康相关的问题，包括有关负面心理影响的大量文献。隔离和被关押在那里的精神病囚犯的比例异常高。最后，它简要讨论了最近的判例法，解决了其中一些心理健康问题，并建议法院，虽然在某些方面适当地关心精神病患者的困境，但忽视了这些单位产生的一些更广泛的心理问题。
This article discusses the recent increase in the use of solitary-like confinement, especially the rise of so-called supermax prisons and the special mental health issues and challenges they pose. After briefly discussing the nature of these specialized and increasingly widespread units and the forces that have given rise to them, the article reviews some of the unique mental-health-related issues they present, including the large literature that exists on the negative psychological effects of isolation and the unusually high percentage of mentally ill prisoners who are confined there. It ends with a brief discussion of recent caselaw that addresses some of these mental health issues and suggests that the courts, though in some ways appropriately solicitous of the plight of mentally ill supermax prisoners, have overlooked some of the broader psychological problems these units create.